Song of the Day

**7/18/09

Alexi Murdoch - All My Days

--------------If you're going to the movies to see Away We Go just to gaze at a rugged, hippie insurance provider played by John Krasinski, you'll be treated to the movie's wandering soundtrack of Alexi Murdoch, Bob Dylan, The Stranglers, and The Velvet Underground. Any fans of the Garden State soundtrack will go bananas over Murdoch's softspoken, feel-good ballads, including the love-you-forever vow, "All My Days." The guitar and strings lullaby has lyrics that say thank you and make a promise with an effortless and peaceful candor. Get "All My Days" from the Away We Go original movie soundtrack.

http://www.myspace.com/aleximurdoch

Song of the Day

**7/14/09

The Temptations - Just My Imagination

-------------Motown's popularity on American radio wouldn't have been half as great had it not been for The Temptations. Never before had a quintet from Detroit made such commercial success with their five-part harmony R&B, and "Just My Imagination" is exemplary of songbird sweetness and dreamlike romances. Though many are used to the ever timeless "My Girl," "Just My Imagination" is an adventure of the heart, a yearning for the unattainable dream girl. Get the song from The Temptation's 1971 album, Sky's The Limit.

Song of the Day

**7/13/09

NOFX - Creeping Out Sara

-------------Unless you're a world-reknown band that gets to go backstage like they go to Porta Johns, you've probably never met Sara Quin of the Canadian indie-rock band, Tegan and Sara. But NOFX frontman Fat Mike IS in one of those bands, and in "Creeping Out Sara" he spins a tale of how he took awkward to whole new heights with questionable questions regarding the lifestyles of Sara and her identical twin sister, Tegan. The lyrics are comical, outrageous, and uncomfortably weird, all told over clean punk riffs. Get "Creeping Out Sara" from their 2009 album, Coaster.

Think buying music is weak? Go to Warpedtour.com to download "Creeping Out Sara" and nine other tour sample tracks compiled by tour founder Kevin Lyman for free!

http://www.warpedtour.com/warpedtour/itunes.asp

Song of the Day

**7/12/09

Don Henley - The Boys of Summer

---------Now before you go galavanting into the sunset with your favorite summer mix blasting from your 8-Track, cassette tape, whatever - take care to add just one more classic, get-the-girl jam. Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer" idealizes the perfect June, July, or August love. It's tic-tac guitars and heavy ooh-aah keyboards sound great in the pavement melting heat. So let the former Eagle's frontman into your Cadillac from Henley's 1984 album Building the Perfect Beast.

Song of the Day

**7/11/09

Santigold - You'll Find a Way (Remix)

----------------Like most TV addicts, I'll watch one episode of a show I've heard about a billion times, and I'll instantly be hooked. The latest So You Think You Can Dance? I've been enjoying has not only made me wish I stuck with ballet/tap/jazz at Jamie Master's School of Dance, but made me yearn for the music the contestants shake their stuff to. Last week, Santigold's piercing and hideously fresh "You'll Find a Way" was featured, and I immediately took to the tribal-techno bombardment in the same respect as M.I.A. Break out those toothbrush-scrubbed Nike's and get the song from the sample tracks on Santigold.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzKaqAR9Zjo

Song of the Day

**7/10/09
Regina Spektor - Better
------------Critics and fans of Regina Spektor have adored the quirky and lovely songstress for her refreshing vibrance in the music industry. The curly haired mistress of fluttering melodies paints brilliant colors onto what was a black and white canvas of the banal music industry (the video for "Fidelity" explains it all)."Better" takes Spektor's appeal to even higher heights with blushing instrumentals and gorgeous melodies. Take a listen to "Better" from her fourth album, Begin to Hope.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ-5SYqp8kI

Song of the Day

**7/9/09

Zero 7 - Destiny

------------You know that playlist on your ipod that calms you down or the one you play for a nap nap? Check those, because if either one of those is missing Zero 7, you're missing out on an electro-zen U.K. band with sleepy yet sensual vocals and spacious, symphonic instrumentals. "Destiny" sighs with twinkling synth and is beautifully sung in relaxed passion by Sia Furler. "Destiny" may be the pillow to rest your head on, or the perfect segway into some -ahem - activities. Get it from their 2001 debut album, Simple Things.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INn1C6ImJKg

Song of the Day

**7/8/09

Playing For Change - War/No Trouble

---------------You've seen them on the front steps of banks, in subways, beachsides, and parks. Street musicians and performers perfume the crowded streets of cities with music, and now they have a way to take it home. Playing For Change - Songs Around the World gives a voice to performers from all over to make an album of change, struggle, and joy. Mark Johnson's project started in 2005, looking to bring people together through music from all villages, towns and countries. "War/No Trouble" is just one of many songs filling the lungs in thousands of musicians, and a particular cry for an end to violence and strife. Get Playing For Change from playingforchange.com or iTunes.

http://playingforchange.com/journey/introduction

Song of the Day

**7/7/09

Panic at the Disco - The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage

-------------Today, theatrical rock quartet Panic at the Disco should reinsert the exclamation point in their name - and a question mark, since members Ryan Ross and John Walker have split ties in order to persue personal musical interests. What does this mean for Panic fans clutching tour tickets? According to buzznet.com, all scheduled performances will continue as promised.

So today, S.A.S. honors the Las Vegas showmen with a string quartet tribute to their breakout album, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out. Each song is delicately and meticulously interpreted through fiddle, viola, violin, and cello, giving the genre 'classic rock' a whole new look. The songs are all instrumental, so if you feel like donning a poofy hat and belting your favorite Panic songs like a robust opera man, go for it. Fans of Fall Out Boy can also hear the string quartet cover Fall From Under the Cork Tree. Get "The Only Difference..." from the album, Strung Out on Panic! At the Disco.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nhFM3pk8sc

Song of the Day

**7/6/09
Big D and the Kids Table - Steady Riot
--------------Would you ever want to forget a friend's birthday? Certainly not the Vans Warped Tour's birthday, which turns 15 this summer with old school and new school bands following each other in boiling RVs and cramped little U-Hauls to bring scenesters of all ages the music they love. Among these trailers you'll find Big D and the Kids Table, who first entered the tour in 2004 and is totally worth being your new bff.

A bunch of Berklee College of Music geeks formed the band in 1995, and since then have brought their ska-punk stylings all over, touring with Streetlight Manifesto and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. If punk doesn't quench your thirst, never fear - Big D has a sound appealing to fans of Less Than Jake and Dave Matthews Band alike. Get today's song, "Steady Riot" from either the 2007 Warped Tour Compilation or Strictly Rude.

http://www.myspace.com/bigdandthekidstable